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Get Blog Posts As EmailsChacara bags are woven from the fiber of the wild pineapple plant (Aechmea magdalenae). The Ngobe-Bugle use these bags for transporting everything from babies to market goods on the mountainous trails of their tribal homeland in western Panama. Residents of Isla Palenque can visit a Ngobe Bugle village less than an hour’s drive from our [...]
Chacara Bags from the Ngobe-Bugle of Panama
July 20th, 2010 by ManyaTourism Campaigns
July 2nd, 2010 by TimIntelligent Travel, a blog on National Geographic Traveler, had an entry today on Tourism Campaigns Gone Wrong and it got me thinking about the Panama tourism entry I wrote about a few weeks ago. I believe that the Gulf of Chiriqui could be an extremely popular eco-tourism destination if Panama promotes the area with a [...]
The Ngobe Language
June 21st, 2010 by ManyaThe Ngobe people maintain their own language, though the majority of the time they speak Spanish. Here are a few examples of it: (Please note that these are only phoenetic spellings). yantera dego – good morning coing – gracias gwa – fish bron huve – let’s go nukuro -dog nu – water atwai dederre – [...]
Moving To Panama Is Good For Your Health
June 10th, 2010 by FrancesIf you have any doubt that moving to a tropical paradise with a slower pace and a lower cost of living is good for you, read this testimonial from International Living and from Sam Taliaferro’s Panama Investor Blog. Richard Detritch and his wife Nikki used to live in California. It was beautiful, but expensive and [...]
Copa Airlines to Offer David Flight
June 3rd, 2010 by JerrodCopa Airlines, a Continental-partnered airline, has announced that at the end of 2010 or beginning of 2011, they will begin offering David as one of their destinations. This is HUGE. It means that travelers can get to within five minutes of the Isla Palenque ferry with only one stop at Panama City’s Tocumen airport. Before [...]
Press Release- A Growing Trend: Americans Living Abroad
June 2nd, 2010 by TimFrom the restless to the retired, the financially savvy are seeking better living situations, and finding them in Panama CHICAGO, June 2, 2010 — While it’s easy to get frustrated with the economic climate in the U.S., some industrious individuals are finding a better way of life. A recent article in the New York Times [...]
“Palenque is not in Colon” A Report from the Panama Real Estate Expo
March 25th, 2010 by JerrodIf you found yourself walking into Panama City’s Atlapa Convention Center last week, you would challenged to find evidence of a worldwide real estate crisis. This annual event may have been a little more toned down than previous years, but it was still teaming with buyers collecting brochures and promoters pitching projects that ranged from [...]
Press Release – More Adventure Opportunities Sought by Travelers
January 27th, 2010 by FrancesCHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2010 — Adventure tourism is growing as fast as a zip liner on the fly. According to a 2008 survey conducted by the Travel Industry Association of America, nearly one half of U.S. adults, or 98 million people, have taken an adventure trip. That’s because the industry isn’t just catering to gutsy [...]
Government Will Invest $400 Million in Chiriqui Province in 2010
December 23rd, 2009 by JerrodAn article in La Prensa (Panama’s big newspaper) discusses the government’s plans to invest in infrastructure projects in Chiriqui, the province where Palenque is located. Much of the money will go to road expansions, including making the Interamericana highway four lanes from David past the turn-off to Palenque. Most importantly, the allotment of funds will [...]
Press Release — Backpackers Pave the Way for a Wide Variety of Tourists to Flock to Panama’s Gulf of Chiriqui
November 16th, 2009 by FrancesCHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2009 — Panama’s Gulf of Chiriqui is so wild and unspoiled it draws the most adventurous souls to its lush wilderness. Destinations such as Coiba National Marine Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and Parque Nacional Marino Golfo de Chiriqui have coaxed trailblazing nature-lovers and water-sport enthusiasts to the area for years, [...]